not at all techy so i do not understand all this stuff but it seems to me i have been hearing this for 20 years, the days of folks taking their card to "a guy" to have it fixed, then the loaders they loaded the info from the 'net onto the card yourself, etc etc etc, seems there is nothing for a short time then it gets figured out, cat and mouse games it seems, if it can be blocked by clever people most of the time other clever people can unlock it